M&a
Kids app publisher TabTale acquires Coco Play, establishes operations in China
All eyes east
Atomicom to sponsor UK Game of the Show at Gamescom 2014
Are you the best in Britain?
Meet us at WWDC: Attend the latest Pocket Gamer Mobile Mixer
Sign up for San Francisco
The Iap Inspector
Has SoulCalibur: Unbreakable Soul sold its soul?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Data
Bitmango finds 3x higher ARPU on Amazon Appstore
Not bad for two hours of work
Lootsie's SDK lets you turn achievements into real-world rewards
Breaking the fourth wall
Chart Of The Week
Why game file size remains critical for success in China
20 MB is your soft limit
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Wandrille Pruvot, Art Of Click
Smart branding integration is a key opportunity
Nordic Game 2014
Unity and Everyplay have power to "change the world" of game dev, says Oscar Clark
Better together
Post-line Generation
BeeTalk announces 10 million users, while customisation app Cocoppa breaks 25 million barrier
New ways to find Asian audiences
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Game Charts: Table Tennis and Toilet Time surge, but Blek and 100 Balls hold onto top spots
12 May – 18 May, 2014
Games dev in the modern age: UCL and TIGA team up to school indies
How to turn your hobby into a business
Interview
Tangible Play crowdfunds innovative vision-based education game Osmo for awareness, not cash
Not about consumer. About the movement
The Finnsider
Keep calm, we're Finnish: While the UK whips itself into a F2P furore, Finland's finest are steaming ahead
A tale of two territories
Nordic Game 2014
"I'm doing a bad job and getting away with it": Thomas Was Alone creator on devs embracing their flaws
"We can be a bit messy"
Monetizer Mavens
Is the proliferation of in-game currencies confusing players?
Introducing a new panel of experts
ZeniMax files suit against Oculus for misappropriating trade secrets
IP dispute heads to courts
Meet Pocket Gamer in Berlin at our Mobile Mixer
Come meet us, King and crobo on the 4 June
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Shintaro Kanaoya, Chorus
Surfing Japan's surge
Deal
Kabam and CJ E&M Netmarble partner up to release... ?
Undisclosed but probably Together Dungeon King
Financials
Renren's Q1 2104 game revenues collapse 52% to $12.7 million
Delays to new releases hits hard
Data
League of Legends dominates game usage in Chinese PC cafes
The MOBA opportunity for mobile
Opinion
Apple's IAP giveaways will reboot the entire app discovery system... and here's how
Real Racing 3 just the first fruit
Mobile Mixer
Mobile rock ’n’ roll, embracing globalisation, and art vs. monetisation: Sparks fly at our Malmö Mobile Mixer
Stories from Sweden
Nordic Game 2014
Nordic success down to "strong tradition of storytelling", says Massive Entertainment MD
Polfeldt tracks the rise of Scandinavia
Angry Birds Go's IAPs not out to tempt kids, but the "inner child" in all of us says dev
Exient on finding its feet with F2P
Come and party Hawaiian-style with Pocket Gamer at E3
Say aloha in LA!
Making Of
From kart to finish: The making of Angry Birds Go
The race is never over
Free-to-play farce: Publishers pushing indies to implement pay-to-win tactics
A tale of two titles
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Matias Myllyrinne, Remedy
Winners won't be defined by what they know but how quickly they learn
Appy Pie launches cloud-based mobile Game Builder
Development-as-a-service
400 Million-strong
Storm8 CEO Perry Tam on being different and successful
We don't need a super-hit to achieve our goals
Microsoft: $799 Surface Pro 3 will render your laptop obsolete
Gunning for the ultraportables
Video Interview
FunPlus CEO on building global success from Beijing
Chinese company makes a reverse play
Mobile Mavens
Nintendo's gay gaffe: Has Tomodachi Life damaged the big N's reputation?
Our Mavens talk Mario's PR fumble
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Kimberly Unger, Bushi-go
Any game can benefit from simplification
Opinion
Late nights and lanyards: Never underestimate the importance of attending conferences
Indies, step away from your PCs from time to time
Share Your Thoughts
Final call to take part in the Pocket Gamer Mobile Developer Survey
It's your chance to be heard, so don't waste it
Financials
Perfect World praises mobile's 'meaningful revenue contribution' as Q1 FY14 sales rise 44% to $143m
Return of the Condor Heroes doing the business
Big In Japan
More bad news for GREE and DeNA, but Mixi's on the up thanks to Monster Strike
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Interview
Perfect World on successfully simplifying Chinese games for western audiences
How Lies of Asaroth became Elemental Kingdoms
Pg Connects
Global game strategy, brand marketing and indie tactics to survive and thrive on the agenda at PG Connects
Plus, we deep dive into the Helsinki dev scene
Sign up for the Big Indie Pitch at E3 2014
Impress the press as well as ZQ Games, GREE and Samsung
Game Over
Israeli backend services outfit Applicasa is shutting down
Servers go dark 31 July
The Charticle
Has FarmVille 2: Country Escape planted the seeds of success?
Growing tall
Apple allows developers to give away in-app purchases via promo codes
EA's Real Racing 3 the first to benefit
Interview
Why Chorus is bringing western indie mobile games to Japan
Big, simple market is ripe for new content
Interview
PG Connects Speaker Spotlight: Jiri Kupiainen, Shark Punch
We've reached 'Peak Bird'
Jobs
Vungle looks to triple staff in 2014; appoints Ville Heijari to head Europe
Video ad outfit on the rise
Hot Five
Devs on the brink of murder, the truth behind loading times, and the sexual dilemma facing Candy Crush players
Last week's top five stories